Improved beefsteak-crusher



N.FETERS. PHOTU-LITHOGRAPNE-R. WASHINGTUN D C.

. ing. drawings,

HORACE THOMPSON, OF CONCORD, 'New HAMPSHIRE.

Letters Patent No. 94,852,

dated September 14.-, 1869.`

*w* IMPaoveD BeErs'rEAK-CRUSHER.

` vThe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

To all whom 'it ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE THOMPSON, of Concord, in thecounty ofMerrimack, and State of- New Hampshire, have'nvented a new and improvedBeef- `steak-(.hush'er; and I do'` hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and` exact description thereof', which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompany.

Which-' Figure 1 represents a side view of. my improvedbeefsteak-crusher.

Figure 2 is a. plan View, partly in section, of the cutting-plate. 4

Figure 3 is Ia detail side view of one of the cutters.

Similarlet-ters of reference indicate correspending parts. V

This invention relates 'to a ,new beefsteak-crusher,

which ,is so constructed that it will c`u`t entirely through the hresofthe meatwithout:..separating the same, thereby makingthe steak tenderand palatable.

A, in the drawing, represents a wooden o'r'other plate, of suitablefo`rm,and provided with a handle, a,

at one end. y

B' is a similar plate, 'havinga handle, b. A .The plate A `has anupward-projecting ear, c, at. the

lend opposite thehandle, and tothis ear the plate B is hingedat d.

forming part of'th'is specification, inv

The plate B has a series of transverse grooves at its under side,adapted to receive the cutters C O, which are metal plates, notched attheir cutting-edges, to form rows of'separated-knives, as shown in fig.3. The plates C are so set that the cutting-edges on one are in linewith the notches of those in'front and The cutters project from theplate B so, far that 'they will all reach the plate A, when the twoplates are brought parallel, as shown inrg. 1.

Lateral lisplacement of the plates C is prevented by bars e e, which arecountersunk in the sides of the plate B, as shown. v The steak to becrushed is placed upon the plate A, and then B is swung down `to forcethe knives into the meat. v l

Having thus described my invention, l I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLettel-s Patent lIn a rbeef'steak-crusher,the combination of ahinged I and recessed compresser, B, provided with a series of chambersfor the reception of the detachable cutter-'- bstocks O, all as shownand described.` l

' HORACE THOMPSON.

' Witnesses E. W. ABBOTT,y

' C. PRESCOTT.

